European foreign ministers gathered in Copenhagen to discuss a number of issues with holding Russia to account for the war with Ukraine at the top of the agenda.
Ukrainian officials described the listing as an important signal that the country’s businesses continue to thrive and attract foreign investment despite the strains of war.
Since August the Armed Forces of Ukraine has mounted a continuous barrage on Russian refineries that has reduced output by 20%. Russia is so big that the Kremlin can’t protect all its pipelines and refineries.
Andriy Parubiy, a key Euromaidan revolution figure and former Rada speaker, was assassinated in Lviv on August 30.
There are two sets of talks going on at the moment. In one set, Europe is trying to help its ally bring an end to the conflict in Ukraine with a “just peace”. In the other Trump just wants to do business with Russia.
Hungary is banning from the country, and thus from the Schengen area, the commander who ordered the attacks on the Druzhba pipeline last week.
Restarting talks on renewing the Cold War missile treaties is one of the best options of kicking off serious peace negotiations between Russia and the West and now its back on the agenda.
Russian forces have made significant territorial advances across several fronts in eastern Ukraine since July, and the battle for the key logistical hub of Pokrovsk is still raging.
Deathonomics: Russia’s war in Ukraine creates a new kind of middle class Some economists have dubbed it “deathonomics”. Russia’s heavy military spending is transforming income profiles. The trouble is you might be dead at the end of it.
Hungary has launched a lawsuit against the EU over the use of billions of euros in interest accrued from frozen Russian sovereign assets to finance military support for Ukraine.
Deputy PM Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said Ukraine “will have no chance" of joining the European Union without acknowledging the atrocities committed in Volhynia in 1943.
Russia is once again navigating a familiar crisis: surging gasoline prices, empty fuel pumps, and mounting pressure on its domestic supply system. This is not the first time Russia has faced a fuel crisis, but this one is especially bad.
Ukraine has unveiled a new version of its domestically produced Neptune missile, the same weapon used to sink Russia’s Black Sea fleet flagship, the Moskva in April 2022, with a redesigned airframe and an expanded range of up to 1,000 km.
Ukraine may lose access to Elon Musk’s Starlink internet system after Polish President Karol Nawrocki blocked an aid bill aiming to extend support for Ukrainian refugees in Poland.
The remarks came hours before the US administration of President Donald Trump was due to impose higher duties on a range of Indian exports.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a controversial report in July claiming the effects of the Climate Crisis were overblown. A fact check by Carbon Brief found it is full of lies and errors.
US President Donald Trump is very angry with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban over the attacks on Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline that lead to an exchange of irate letters over the weekend.
Russia’s economic problems are getting worse. The economy narrowly avoided a recession in the first half of the year and the 2.2% forecast budget deficit is looking increasingly unrealistic as growth slides towards zero.
US President Donald Trump let more deadlines to impose crushing sanctions and tariffs on Russia to end the war in Ukraine slide yet again. The reason might be that he is still hoping to sign off on multi-billion-dollar business deals with the Kremlin
Russia’s ability to produce fuel is under attack. In the Far Eastern region of Primorye, kilometre-long queues at filling stations have already appeared and petrol prices are soaring as a fuel crisis gathers momentum.